Bundesautobahn 6

Bundesautobahn 6 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 6, short form Autobahn 6, abbreviated as BAB 6 or A 6), also known as Via Carolina[1] (between Nuremberg and the Czech border continuing to Prague) is a 477 km (296.4 mi) long German autobahn. It starts at the French border near Saarbrücken in the west and ends at the Czech border near Waidhaus in the east.

Bundesautobahn 6

Route information

Length

477 km (296 mi)

Major junctions

West end

French border near Saarbrücken

Route

A 320		France

	(1)	Goldene Bremm border crossing
		Services Goldene Bremm
	(2)	Saarbrücken-Goldene Bremm
	(3)	Saarbrücken 3-way interchange A620
	(4)	Saarbrücken-Fechingen
		Talbrücke Bischmisheim 950 m
	(5)	St. Ingbert-West
	(6)	St. Ingbert-Mitte
	(7)	Rohrbach (ex IGB-Ost) B40
	(8)	Neunkirchen 4-way interchange A8
	(9)	Homburg (Saar) B423
		Services Homburg (Saar)
	(10)	Waldmohr
		Services Waldmohr
	(11)	Bruchmühlbach-Miesau
	(12)	Landstuhl-West 4-way interchange A62
	(13)	Ramstein-Miesenbach/Ramstein Air Base
	(14)	Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof
	(15)	Kaiserslautern-West B270
	(16a)	Kaiserslautern 3-way interchange A63
	(16b)	Kaiserslautern-Ost B37
	(17)	Enkenbach-Alsenborn B48
	(18)	Wattenheim B47
		Services Pfalz
	(19)	Grünstadt B271
		Hessheim (planned)
	(21)	Frankenthal 4-way interchange A61
	(22)	Frankenthal-Nord
	(23)	Ludwigshafen-Nord B9
		Theodor-Heuss-Brücke 830 m
	(24)	Mannheim-Sandhofen B44
	(25)	Viernheimer Dreieck A67
	(26)	Viernheimer Kreuz A659 B38
		Neckarbrücke 530 m
	(27)	Mannheim 4-way interchange A656
	(28)	Mannheim/Schwetzingen B36
	(29)	Schwetzingen/Hockenheim B36
	(30)	Hockenheim 3-way interchange A61
		Services Am Hockenheimring
	(31)	Walldorf 4-way interchange A5
	(32)	Wiesloch/Rauenberg B39
	(33)	Sinsheim B39 B292
		Sinsheim-Süd (under construction)
		Services Kraichgau
	(34)	Sinsheim-Steinsfurt
	(35)	Bad Rappenau
	(36)	Heilbronn/Untereisesheim
		Neckartalbrücke 1348 m
	(37)	Heilbronn/Neckarsulm B27
	(38)	Kreuz Weinsberg 4-way interchange A81
	(39)	Bretzfeld
	(40)	Öhringen
	(41)	Neuenstein
		Services Hohenlohe
	(42)	Kupferzell B19
	(43)	Schwäbisch Hall B14
		Kochertalbrücke 1128 m
	(44)	Ilshofen/Wolpertshausen
	(45)	Kirchberg
		Jagsttalbrücke
		Gronachtalbrücke 528 m
	(46)	Crailsheim-Nord B290
	(47)	Schnelldorf
	(48)	Feuchtwangen/Crailsheim 4-way interchange A7
	(49)	Feuchtwangen-Nord B25
		Services Frankenhöhe
	(50)	Aurach B14
	(51)	Herrieden
	(52)	Ansbach B13
	(53)	Lichtenau
	(54)	Neuendettelsau
		Services Kammersteiner Land
	(55)	Schwabach-West B466
	(56)	Schwabach-Süd
	(57)	Roth B2 B2a
	(58)	Nürnberg-Süd 4-way interchange A73
	(59)	Nürnberg-Langwasser
	(60)	Nürnberg-Ost 4-way interchange A9
	(61)	Altdorf 4-way interchange A3
	(62)	Altdorf bei Nürnberg/Leinburg
	(63)	Alfeld
	(64)	Sulzbach-Rosenberg
		Services Oberpfälzer Alb
	(65)	Amberg-West B299
	(66)	Amberg-Süd
	(67)	Amberg-Ost B85
		Fensterbachtalbrücke 240 m
	(68)	Schmidgaden
		Hüttenbachtalbrücke 130 m
	(69)	Nabburg-West
		Kulmbachtalbrücke 515 m
		Döllnitztalbrücke 280 m
		Ödschlagtalbrücke 240 m
	(70)	Kreuz Oberpfälzer Wald A93
		Naabtalbrücke 450 m
	(71)	Wernberg-Köblitz
	(72)	Leuchtenberg
	(73)	Vohenstrauß
	(74)	Vohenstrauß-Ost
	(75)	Pleystein
	(76)	Waidhaus
	(77)	Waidhaus/Rozvadov border crossing

D5		Czech Republic

East end

Czech border near Waidhaus

Location

States

Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria

Highway system

Roads in Germany

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The first plans for the A 6 were laid out in 1935; construction on several parts began in 1938. In 1940, construction near Mannheim was stopped when the bridge across the Rhine collapsed, killing many workers. A new bridge, the Theodor Heuss Bridge (Frankenthal), was opened in 1953. Other parts of the A 6 were completed in 1941. A part near Kaiserslautern was used as an airstrip by the Luftwaffe during World War II. After the war, it was taken over by US forces and became the Ramstein Air Base, while the A 6 was re-built south of the air base.

Weinsberg intersection of the A 6 and A 81. The A 6 runs from bottom-left to top-right.

In the 1960s, construction was continued. One new section cut through the Hockenheimring, requiring a major redesign of the race track which resulted in the construction of the Motodrom stadium.

Much like its southern counterpart, the A 8, the A 6 is relatively old and has received little upgrading, making it difficult for it to handle today's traffic. The section around Mannheim is currently being widened and modernised from a four-lane to a six-lane motorway requiring the construction of a new bridge over the River Neckar.

The Autobahn 6 crosses the Kocher valley between Heilbronn and Nuremberg via the Kocher viaduct (German: Kochertalbrücke) near Schwäbisch Hall. With its maximum height of 185 m (607 ft) above the valley bottom, it is the highest viaduct in Germany.

Kochertalbrücke

The direct motorway connection between Prague and Paris was completed when the last missing section between junction Amberg-Ost and interchange Oberpfälzer Wald was inaugurated on 10 September 2008.

References

"'Golden Road' History Park to boost tourism and culture on the Czech/German border-Projects". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

External links

Geographic data related to Bundesautobahn 6 at OpenStreetMap

Bundesautobahn 6 – detailed route plan (in German)

Autobahn system in Germany
Major routes	A 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A 8 A 9
Regional routes	A 10 A 11 A 12 A 13 A 14 A 15 A 17 A 19 A 20 A 21 A 23 A 24 A 25 A 26 A 27 A 28 A 29 A 30 A 31 A 33 A 36 A 37 A 38 A 39 A 40 A 42 A 43 A 44 A 45 A 46 A 48 A 49 A 52 A 57 A 59 A 60 A 61 A 62 A 63 A 64 A 65 A 66 A 67 A 70 A 71 A 72 A 73 A 81 A 92 A 93 A 94 A 95 A 96 A 98 A 99
Local routes	German Autobahn symbol A 100 A 103 A 111 A 113 A 114 A 115 A 117 A 143 A 210 A 215 A 226 A 252 A 253 A 255 A 261 A 270 A 280 A 281 A 293 A 352 A 369 A 391 A 392 A 445 A 448 A 480 A 485 A 516 A 524 A 535 A 540 A 542 A 544 A 553 A 555 A 559 A 560 A 562 A 565 A 571 A 573 A 602 A 620 A 623 A 643 A 648 A 650 A 656 A 659 A 661 A 671 A 672 A 831 A 861 A 864 A 952 A 980 A 995
Planned or former routes	A 16 A 17* A 18 A 22 A 32 A 34 A 35 A 36 A 40* A 41 A 47 A 50 A 51 A 53 A 54 A 55 A 56 A 69 A 74 A 75 A 77 A 80 A 82 A 83 A 84 A 85 A 86 A 87 A 88 A 89 A 90 A 91 A 102 A 104 A 105 A 106 A 107 A 140 A 201 A 205 A 227 A 241 A 250 A 263 A 282 A 290 A 314 A 339 A 369 A 376 A 388 A 395 A 430 A 432 A 441 A 441* A 443 A 451 A 480* A 533 A 545 A 552 A 558 A 580 A 610 A 621 A 647 A 652 A 653 A 654 A 655 A 680 A 683 A 687 A 713 A 720 A 722 A 731 A 751 A 752 A 753 A 828 A 833 A 834 A 840 A 860 A 862 A 863 A 863* A 881 A 895 A 921 A 922 A 942 A 944 A 985 A 990 A 991 A 992 A 993 A 994 A 996 A 997 A 998 A 999
See also	Reichsautobahn (history) Autobahnpolizei
* original plan: number is used by another route now

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